March 21, 2016 - Minutes (Closed)

Date:

Monday, March 21, 2016

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Carol Day
Councillor Ken Johnston
Councillor Alexa Loo
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Linda McPhail
Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:06 p.m.

AGENDA ADDITION AND COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEM

It was moved and seconded

That the confidential memorandum, dated March 17, 2016, from the Manager, Policy Planning, City of Richmond, be added to the agenda as an additional item and that this item be deemed in compliance with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

90(2)(b) -   the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government, or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party.

CARRIED

CLOSURE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on March 21, 2016, is to be closed to the public, and that the basis of this closure is that the following items on the agenda of this meeting comply with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Items 1 and 2

90(1)(e) -    the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; and

Item 2

90(1)(k) -    negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cathryn Volkering Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, George Duncan, Robert Gonzalez, Andrew Nazareth, Michael Allen, Elizabeth Ayers, Greg Buss, Jerry Chong, Wayne Craig, Mark Currado, Jane Fernyhough, John Irving, Serena Lusk, Renny Nesset, Mike Redpath, Dave Semple, Kim Somerville, Kirk Taylor,  Victor Wei, Jim Young, Martin Younis, David Weber, Amanda Welby and Carrie Peacock.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on March 7, 2016, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED